Friday, March 16, 2007

Queens' zany house numbering system

Did you ever wonder how the Queens numbering system came about? Well, here's a 1928 article which explains the whole story:

Bringing order out of chaos in street naming and house numbering

Photo from JuniperCivic.com

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This should have caused complete chaos, but didn't. Interesting piece about an important decision that shaped the borough's character.